Inside the GOP’s Dark New Wave: How a Shocking Ideology Is Fueling the Next Political Revolution
You ever wonder where the next generation of GOP leaders actually come from? Well, wonder no more—because they’ve just handed us a glimpse behind the curtain, and let me tell you, it’s not a pretty sight. Imagine a private chat room where not only racist and antisemitic slurs bounce around like casual banter, but talk of violence and hatred is celebrated as if it’s the latest motivational pep talk. It’s like a twisted finishing school for white supremacists, a shadow training ground where political correctness is tossed out the window far beyond any mainstream acceptability. What’s chilling isn’t just the words—they’re trademarks of a political underworld bubbling right under our noses. You have to ask yourself: if these are the folks positioning themselves as tomorrow’s leaders, what does that mean for the future of public policy and law enforcement? Brace yourself—because this isn’t some isolated internet chaos; it’s a raw, unfettered look into a bold new incarnation of America’s darkest ideologies. LEARN MORE
No longer do we have to wonder where they find these people. The next generation of GOP leaders now have given themselves away. Again. From Politico:
Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely—and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders. “The more the political atmosphere is open and liberating—like it has been with the emergence of Trump and a more right wing GOP even before him—it opens up young people and older people to telling racist jokes, making racist commentaries in private and public,” said Joe Feagin, a Texas A&M sociology professor who has studied racism for the last 60 years. He’s also concerned the words would be applied to public policy. “It’s chilling, of course, because they will act on these views.”
Maybe one of these guys will be in Congress.
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n–ga” and “n–guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
Or one of these folks will hold high government office, perhaps one involving law enforcement.
Giunta was referring to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation, the GOP’s 15,000-member political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40 years old. “Im going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man. We only want true believers,” he continued. Two members of the chat responded. “Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno, who previously identified himself as the general counsel for the New York State Young Republicans, wrote back. “I’m ready to watch people burn now,” Annie Kaykaty, New York’s national committee member, said.
Few minority groups are spared from the Young Republican group’s chat. Their rhetoric—normalized at most points as dark humor—mirrors some popular conservative political commentators, podcasters and comedians amid a national erosion of what’s considered acceptable discourse. Giunta’s line on a darker-skinned pilot, for example, echoes one used by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year when he said, “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.” Kirk was discussing how diversity hiring “invites unwholesome thinking.”
I think Politico soft-pedaled what it was plainly looking dead in the face This is a finishing school for white supremacists. It is not another piece of Internet flim-flam. This is the new Klan.
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